I have been very quiet on the blog front over the last week or so. Words cannot explain the raw emotion and sadness that came with the recent news that my sister and her family have chosen not to return home, but to make the farm their new home. It was supposed to be 6 months, is now 16 months, and who knows if this will ever be "home"to them again...
I have longed for the day they will return so this news has been really hard to work through. The children are equally saddened that their only cousins will not be coming home again. The girls had great plans and I imagined visiting my sister at least once a week when my children go to drama over the mountain where my sister used to stay. It is hard to venture over that side of the mountain now days...
My sister and I have shared so much over the years. We shared a bedroom when we were little. Shared games, clothes, walks, got up to mischief together and used to lie on the lawn laughing until we cried as little girls. We got married a week apart from one another and had our first babies a couple of weeks apart too.We began our journeys of home educating together. She has lovingly cared for each of my children when they were little ones and I had to do some part time work. I have always felt so welcome in her home.
She has been a great source of wisdom, comfort, encouragement, friendship and SO much more over the years.
She is my "little" sister but I have regarded her a big sister as she always seems to have the right answers when I have faced challenges of any sort in my life.
Little sister you will be sorely missed...
My precious sister, I feel the same. It's so hard to be so far away. Love you loads xx
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